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most people will go into these debates, if you like obama, you will think he did a debate job. romney has said that he wants to use the debates as a clarifying moment. he thinks the democrats have waged an inaccurate campaign. he has said he expects obama to tell more untruths on the debate stage but he thinks there is a real opportunity for him. there is congratulations from the romney campaign, what a great debater obama is and in some ways they are mediocre debaters. there have been some mistakes. obama is likeable enough moment with hillary clinton. gwen: think of the debates you have covered, chuck -- >> because i'm old. [laughter] gwen: which once would you say have made a difference in the outcome? >> well, i'm not actually this old -- [laughter] >> clearly when gerald ford said that the poland not under soviet domination that was one of his memorable type of gaffes and the big putdown from lloyd bentsten and dan quayle. they don't have a moment where they say that guy is clearly better than the other guy. they are both well prepared. these are smart people. and not like
most people will go into these debates, if you like obama, you will think he did a debate job. romney has said that he wants to use the debates as a clarifying moment. he thinks the democrats have waged an inaccurate campaign. he has said he expects obama to tell more untruths on the debate stage but he thinks there is a real opportunity for him. there is congratulations from the romney campaign, what a great debater obama is and in some ways they are mediocre debaters. there have been some...
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>> the thing that really affected the obama-romney debate is that romney came across as somebody with some stature and you could visualize him in the white house. fast forward to the debate between paul ryan and vice president biden and you see paul ryan not as vice president but may be ahead of management and budget. [crosstalk] >> the girl wants to say something. >> why should she be allowed? >> because she should. >> it was interesting that, when paul ryan was talking about the economic stuff, i thought, you know, he has his zone. some of it you can criticize for his veracity. but he did fine. when he got to foreign policy, you could almost see the flip cards in his brain. it has no sense of being from real knowledge of the then studying for the exam. >> i am glad you brought up foreign policy. >> we did not know that they wanted more security yet. >> we turn on our television screens these days and we see the absolute unraveling of the obama foreign policy. >> martha wallace began by asking about the attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi. it turns out this was not a demonstrati
>> the thing that really affected the obama-romney debate is that romney came across as somebody with some stature and you could visualize him in the white house. fast forward to the debate between paul ryan and vice president biden and you see paul ryan not as vice president but may be ahead of management and budget. [crosstalk] >> the girl wants to say something. >> why should she be allowed? >> because she should. >> it was interesting that, when paul ryan was...
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are driving the debate. president obama: our thoughts and prayers are not enough. it's not enough. and, of course, what's also routine is that somebody somewhere will comment and say, obama politicized this issue. well, this is something we should politicize. it is relevant to our common life together, to the body politic. pete: that political debate was quickly joined by the candidates for president. >> this is a much deeper thing than some law we can pass. not every problem before america has a federal solution. i keep waiting for someone to tell me what new gun law can we pass that would have prevented this shooting or sandy hook or aurora or charleston. >> look, stuff happens. there's always a crisis. and the impulse is always to do something and it's not necessarily the right thing to do. pete: so the president was asked about that today in his news conference. what did he say about mr. bush's comments? >> he kicked it right out of the room. it was interesting because he had, for two days, including tod
are driving the debate. president obama: our thoughts and prayers are not enough. it's not enough. and, of course, what's also routine is that somebody somewhere will comment and say, obama politicized this issue. well, this is something we should politicize. it is relevant to our common life together, to the body politic. pete: that political debate was quickly joined by the candidates for president. >> this is a much deeper thing than some law we can pass. not every problem before...
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could president obama use these better than expected job numbers to recover from a lackluster debate? >> yes, and i think he is depending on it. it is not so much the exact 10th of a percentage point that makes a difference to people. it is how they feel about the figures. are they less worried now about losing their jobs, losing their health care perhaps, unable to pay off their college loans? do they feel more confident or less confident? do they feel the country is heading in the right direction or the wrong direction? naturally, do they feel that president obama is doing a good job or a bad job? these figures set things on a good path. it is hard to see this as bad news. >> mitt romney has based his whole campaign on the economy being weak. how does he respond? >> weekly. . we -- weakly. in every speech so far, he has said unemployment has been above 8%. that was his best line, and it was true, but now he cannot say that. what i imagine he will say is that these are not the true figures. the unemployment figure does not include those people who have given up looking for jobs, and
could president obama use these better than expected job numbers to recover from a lackluster debate? >> yes, and i think he is depending on it. it is not so much the exact 10th of a percentage point that makes a difference to people. it is how they feel about the figures. are they less worried now about losing their jobs, losing their health care perhaps, unable to pay off their college loans? do they feel more confident or less confident? do they feel the country is heading in the right...
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you've got romney obama debate. big bird. >> and jobs. so we see the focus on it was mostly about the economy, you see the focus on the substance of this debate as opposed to just the zingers and squabbling between the candidates and i was fascinated by the role of xbox. >> xbox is a controller you can use in your living room to play games on your television set and there's a subscription called xbox live. yocan play with people by using a game controller. well, what happened last night is that xbox decided to let the video of the debate stream and they posed questions to gameers saying "at this moment who would you vote for?" immediately you had obama 75% of the gamers say yes or mitt romney 10% of the gamers say yes. it's a big figure but you get the point. >> even though this is only about 10,000 participated in this microsoft game, these are mostly younger men, 18 to 29 not plugged into politics who are harder to reach and the fact that they were engaged in answering these questions about presidential debate i think is a watershed mom
you've got romney obama debate. big bird. >> and jobs. so we see the focus on it was mostly about the economy, you see the focus on the substance of this debate as opposed to just the zingers and squabbling between the candidates and i was fascinated by the role of xbox. >> xbox is a controller you can use in your living room to play games on your television set and there's a subscription called xbox live. yocan play with people by using a game controller. well, what happened last...
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president obama in the second debate. >> gabby giffords who came back from a real tragedy and is now back and deserves all the commendation that you can muster up. >> that's a lovely tribute and choice. >> massachusetts campaign was looking sad and troubled there for a while. but she has stuck to it and came out the winner. >> republican governor scott walker. this has been gummed up already by buchanan. despite a bruising show down recall, plus organized labors national money war chest lined up against him, scott walker won handily. does he have a future? >> he does. and you copied mine pretty well. >> most original thinker? >> my magazine the american conservative, which an awful lot of people are looking at and commenting favorably on. something different than the consecutive interventionist. >> do you have a membership to that magazine? >> no, i don't get a dime for it. >> thanks for clearing that up. >> original thinkers misguided senate candidate todd akin in missouri, who says if a woman is legitimately raped the body shuts down and cannot conceive a pregnancy. >> fed chairman
president obama in the second debate. >> gabby giffords who came back from a real tragedy and is now back and deserves all the commendation that you can muster up. >> that's a lovely tribute and choice. >> massachusetts campaign was looking sad and troubled there for a while. but she has stuck to it and came out the winner. >> republican governor scott walker. this has been gummed up already by buchanan. despite a bruising show down recall, plus organized labors national...
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if obama moves there it would be a very smart move, just like romney did in the last debate. >> right. he speaks of it very eloquently. >>> let me same there i'm thinking about this in terms of what will stimulate the economy. i have believed for years and i have written it for years, in a sense what romney is talking about makes a lot of sense. we have to lower the tax rate for everybody. not so much for the wealthy, but for the middle class of this country. and the way you compensate for the lower rates is by eliminating a lot of these it'd mizeed deductions. by the -- right miosessed deductions. -- itemized deductions. it is a progressive way of taxing. it is most stimulus thing you can do for the economy. >>> i don't get it give me the addition. why is that going to create more wealth? and spread it around? >> that's right. because you will increase the real incomes of the middle class of america. >> why? because they are going to have better jobs? >> no they'll have lower tax rates and less deductions, okay? that is the way it will average out. and they will be willing to spend,
if obama moves there it would be a very smart move, just like romney did in the last debate. >> right. he speaks of it very eloquently. >>> let me same there i'm thinking about this in terms of what will stimulate the economy. i have believed for years and i have written it for years, in a sense what romney is talking about makes a lot of sense. we have to lower the tax rate for everybody. not so much for the wealthy, but for the middle class of this country. and the way you...
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needs to be more articulate in these debates about what his vision is. there still isn't that hurdle crossed. gwen: we'll talk about what we think the president will have to do in his -- in this debate coming up next week. in our webcast. thank you all very much. only 3 1/2 more weeks until election day. some of you are even voting now. how will you keep up? join me every night on the pbs newshour and for special coverage of the second presidential debate tuesday night in hempstead, new york. read what our panelists are writing. you can find their stories at the essential read section of our website. and next thursday at 2:00 p.m. eastern time, join me for a live chat. i'll answer anything you ask. within reason. you can send your questions in advance to washingtonweek at pbs.org. and we'll see you next week on "washington week." good night. >> funding for "washington week" is provided by -- >> wherever our trains go be the economy comes to life. norfolk southern. one line. infinite possibility. >> corporate funding is also provided by boeing. prudential
needs to be more articulate in these debates about what his vision is. there still isn't that hurdle crossed. gwen: we'll talk about what we think the president will have to do in his -- in this debate coming up next week. in our webcast. thank you all very much. only 3 1/2 more weeks until election day. some of you are even voting now. how will you keep up? join me every night on the pbs newshour and for special coverage of the second presidential debate tuesday night in hempstead, new york....
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it is sort of the same issue president obama had in that first debate. but i thought that one of the big misses for mitt romney we are not talking about now and that we would have been talking about if not for the libya moment was what i thought was a miss on the bush question, right? he gets the question that i think is this sort of lingering question out there with some swing voters, particularly say in the upper midwest, the ohio, iowa, portion of this -- of these battleground states and yet it was, hey, i am going to be tougher on china, i am going to be more free trade, he didn't seem to have a solid answer of what makes me different than bush and then the president in there clearly was ready with his talking points. i will tell yo tell you how he s different from bush, hits him on medicare and on immigration. so it was almost a reverse of here you have the president with a plan and he executed it tonight, mitt went in there thinking hey it is up to the president, it is almost seethe, ceding turf at different moments which i thought was ahead scratc
it is sort of the same issue president obama had in that first debate. but i thought that one of the big misses for mitt romney we are not talking about now and that we would have been talking about if not for the libya moment was what i thought was a miss on the bush question, right? he gets the question that i think is this sort of lingering question out there with some swing voters, particularly say in the upper midwest, the ohio, iowa, portion of this -- of these battleground states and yet...
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that there was with obama, now of course there won't be because it is a vice presidential debate but i think that ryan is thinking about his future, i think can probably feel okay with the way he performed. >> rose: katty kay, you are coming to us now from washington, your impressions? >> yeah, i agree, i think paul ryan performed well and republicans will be quite happy with him, he was clear, he was coconcise, he too was energetic and we have never seen him perform on such a huge national platform as this one, and he held his own against joe biden, i mean, this debate some polls are giving it divide and some are giving it to ryan which suggests to me it is pretty much of a wash. i wonder how much this helped barack obama. i think that one of the things that people are going to remember about this debate is less what joe biden or paul ryan said than joe bide's constant smiling, shaking his head, oh, my god, looking i thought at some point at something that was just suggesting maybe a little unhinged, i actually thought it came across as slightly condescending and pat tronizing and e
that there was with obama, now of course there won't be because it is a vice presidential debate but i think that ryan is thinking about his future, i think can probably feel okay with the way he performed. >> rose: katty kay, you are coming to us now from washington, your impressions? >> yeah, i agree, i think paul ryan performed well and republicans will be quite happy with him, he was clear, he was coconcise, he too was energetic and we have never seen him perform on such a huge...
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obama had a tough job in the second debate, jeffrey. he had to, first of all reassure his own supporters that he was the guy he remembed, admired, worked for, helped-- fo i thought he did do that. in romney's first debate, because obama wasn't even there, he was very even in dispotion and tone. and i think in the second debate obama got under his skin and he became peevish, waspish, there was a pet lent side to him, quarrelous. i think that and sort of his outburst and certain hectors of the approximately, i think hurt him. i don't think-- it no way approached the decisiveness of the first debasically i mean the first debate was a rout. but i think this was a solid obama victory. >> brown: now we move to one more monday on foreign policy. now beyond a few areas, have we had much of a deep discussion about foreign policy? what are you looking for in this one? >> we've had a discussion of benghazi and i suppose we will go over that ground again. >> brown: yeah. >> but wt i am looking for is not a rehearsal last four years. i think what ea
obama had a tough job in the second debate, jeffrey. he had to, first of all reassure his own supporters that he was the guy he remembed, admired, worked for, helped-- fo i thought he did do that. in romney's first debate, because obama wasn't even there, he was very even in dispotion and tone. and i think in the second debate obama got under his skin and he became peevish, waspish, there was a pet lent side to him, quarrelous. i think that and sort of his outburst and certain hectors of the...
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i think obama won this last debate. so far if there's an effect in the polls it hasn't been visible to me at least. that first debate had a huge effect. the last two not so much. >> ifill: who they speaking to tonight? are they speaking to the undecided women in sub urban columbus? are they speaking to the nation at large? who counts tonight? >> that's a great thing about it. you're speaking to everybody at the same time. the president's problem is... one of his problems is that he has the advantage, a lead of five points in that nbc wall street journal poll among registered voters but they're tie among thoaft most likely to vote. it's a problem of excitement, of generation, of convincing his people that their vote matters that this is an important election that he's going to make a difference. really to g. >> n them up. i'm fed up with microtargeting. there's been a loss of vision for both candidates. if i were counseling the two guys i'd say don't worry about the undecided voter in columbus. just speak your mind and g
i think obama won this last debate. so far if there's an effect in the polls it hasn't been visible to me at least. that first debate had a huge effect. the last two not so much. >> ifill: who they speaking to tonight? are they speaking to the undecided women in sub urban columbus? are they speaking to the nation at large? who counts tonight? >> that's a great thing about it. you're speaking to everybody at the same time. the president's problem is... one of his problems is that he...
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romney says president obama has been weak. president obama said osama bin laden, got him. that's the essence of his argument. it may be a bigger debate than we think it is, despite the lack of attention to these issues. >> i think that's right. i think it sends signals. voters sometimes get angry when we don't talk about the specific details and they get angry when the candidates don't do that either but a lot of voters take their views to these candidates back to trust. who am i going to trust when decisions are being made when i'm not at the table? that has to do with their lives and the economy. but they'll get cues from that for this debate. also in carving up the difficult carving that's going to take place in budgets and with the federal government. gwen: we have a little map that we can throw up and take a look at some of the states which everybody is watching. i'm curious what states you guys are watching. i'm watching wisconsin. how but? >> i'm watching -- everybody's watching ohio. i'll throw in one really scary thought, gwen. if barack obama of the contested sta
romney says president obama has been weak. president obama said osama bin laden, got him. that's the essence of his argument. it may be a bigger debate than we think it is, despite the lack of attention to these issues. >> i think that's right. i think it sends signals. voters sometimes get angry when we don't talk about the specific details and they get angry when the candidates don't do that either but a lot of voters take their views to these candidates back to trust. who am i going to...
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given this passage is there any doubt in your mind that president obama's view is that the u.s. constitution is antiquated? >> i wouldn't say antiquated but i would say that it's pastime for people to hide behind the constitution and fail to face the challenges of today. and the most immediate issue that comes to mind, of course, is gun violence. and to rely on a second amendment that basically talks about creation -- creating militias to put down rebellion to apply that today to an unfettered right to have assault weapons with 30 or 60 rounds so you can go out and gun down little children, that then the constitution can be interpreted in a more elastic way. >> don't you think he's doing us a favor by remaining us that it is a living document and it must be accommodated to the conditions of today, but that doesn't necessarily has to be ripped apart or ignored in any respect. >> i agree with both sides of what you just said but it is a living document. it has been evolving throughout the history of this country. the courts ultimately are going to be the deciders, as we say, over
given this passage is there any doubt in your mind that president obama's view is that the u.s. constitution is antiquated? >> i wouldn't say antiquated but i would say that it's pastime for people to hide behind the constitution and fail to face the challenges of today. and the most immediate issue that comes to mind, of course, is gun violence. and to rely on a second amendment that basically talks about creation -- creating militias to put down rebellion to apply that today to an...
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gallup has obama up by five points in their seven-day track, but since the debate they have obama up by just three points. >> reporter: or how about old friend ray fair, an economist we've been visiting every four years since the george h.w. bush administration. he's got an economic model. >> so right at this moment, its 49.5% of the two-party vote for obama. >> reporter: so the polls and models call it a toss-up. but curiously, the betting public tells a very different story. online betting prediction markets, like ireland's intrade, which takes bets from americans, and england's betfair, which doesnt, have made obama the strong favorite for months. the lone domestic and entirely legal betting haven, the iowa electronic markets at the university of iowa. ever frugal, we asked hari srinivasan, our man in the midwest-- at least last week-- to drop in. >> sreenivasan: this is the entire iowa electronic market? >> this is our server room right here. >> sreenivasan: so the entire prediction markets right here? >> in that little box. >> reporter: granted, a visual letdown but this is what
gallup has obama up by five points in their seven-day track, but since the debate they have obama up by just three points. >> reporter: or how about old friend ray fair, an economist we've been visiting every four years since the george h.w. bush administration. he's got an economic model. >> so right at this moment, its 49.5% of the two-party vote for obama. >> reporter: so the polls and models call it a toss-up. but curiously, the betting public tells a very different story....
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there's sort of this philosophical thing of i won the election, and obama -- i don't see any scenario by which he's going to back down. >> one of the things he did which i found interesting, which seems an unnecessary poke in the eye was to say, you know what, as part of this deal i think we should not have congress anymore have to approve raising the debt limit. that was certainly -- >> well, when you go into a negotiation you don't come in with your compromise to start. you kind of have to start at 10 to get -- and it never worked for him before. but the offer from mitch mcconnell, the minority leader, said he laughed at timothy geithner when he presented this offer. but you have to sort of start from your negotiating ground to get to the middle. i will say that it was rejected out of hand on capitol hill, so it's not necessarily a good start. and i would say, at least from the republican view, it puts them off when obama goes on the road and does this. there's a sense of why not keep drawing them back over the white house? >> the white house -- i mean the president sort of can't wi
there's sort of this philosophical thing of i won the election, and obama -- i don't see any scenario by which he's going to back down. >> one of the things he did which i found interesting, which seems an unnecessary poke in the eye was to say, you know what, as part of this deal i think we should not have congress anymore have to approve raising the debt limit. that was certainly -- >> well, when you go into a negotiation you don't come in with your compromise to start. you kind...
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. >> yeah, and dislikability thing came up way back in 2008, remember, where barack obama during a debate, i guess, people said why aren't you-- liked. the whole question of the requirement to be likable is applied far more to women than to men, right or wrong. >> can we talk about voice for a minute. >> yes. >> the quality of a woman's voice and how much that is playing into i just don't like her. >> well, the one we hear oftentimes is why does she yell. >> yes. >> and i have heard people say, it is not even sexism, i just wish she would stop yelling. well, if you listen to any public speaker who is addressing a crowd of thousands who are yelling back, they have to raise their voices. they have to yell. and all candidates yell because they are talking over a crowd. but it doesn't sit right when it's a woman. the thing for women, is especially to be emotional but the emotion must not be anger. >> somebody wrote, i read it recently, that when men hear a woman who is speablging just a teeny bit harshly, what they hear in their heads is their mother saying henry! tbet back in this house righ
. >> yeah, and dislikability thing came up way back in 2008, remember, where barack obama during a debate, i guess, people said why aren't you-- liked. the whole question of the requirement to be likable is applied far more to women than to men, right or wrong. >> can we talk about voice for a minute. >> yes. >> the quality of a woman's voice and how much that is playing into i just don't like her. >> well, the one we hear oftentimes is why does she yell. >>...
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it all makes for high stakes tonight, in the second of this fall's obama-romney debates. >> how are you feeling about tonight? >> i feel fabulous. look at this beautiful day. >> woodruff: the president was in good spirits this morning as he left his debate camp in williams burg virginia. he headed for hempstead new york and his second showdown with republican mitt romney who had been preparing in boston. meanwhile the campaigning continued without let-up. republican vice presidential nominee paul ryan arrived at a lynchburg, virginia, event with flags flying. >> this is not just an election about more take-home pay or more job creation. it's not just about preventing a debt crisis from turning us into europe. it is about what kind of country we're going to be, what kind of people we're going to be. >> woodruff: and the obama campaign turned to former president clinton in a new web video charging the romney tax plan favors the wealthy. >> i know how this works. because i'm one of those folks. if i get governor romney's 20% income tax cut, you can take away my home mortgage deduction, my
it all makes for high stakes tonight, in the second of this fall's obama-romney debates. >> how are you feeling about tonight? >> i feel fabulous. look at this beautiful day. >> woodruff: the president was in good spirits this morning as he left his debate camp in williams burg virginia. he headed for hempstead new york and his second showdown with republican mitt romney who had been preparing in boston. meanwhile the campaigning continued without let-up. republican vice...
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it is a very different mood around the abou obama cane today than after the last debate. we have to see what the long-term impact is, but in terms of the mood, it is a far different atmosphere than it was after the first debate. >> woodruff: karen, would you add anything to that? what about the romney folks? >> i think what they wanted to do was build on the momentum they were getting out of that first debate. not to lose any of that energy. i think that governor romney just sort of was there to parry back every point. they disputed every point. the energy answer, where one was up, and up was up and down was down, and they were throwing out statistics so fast. i think both camps came away thinking their own supporters are energized and excited. but i don't know who's minds would be changed by last night's debate. >> woodruff: julie, what about this focus on women voters? what is it -- again, you're dealing with the obama campaign for the most part. what is it that they feel they need to say that they haven't been saying already to women's voters. >> you here from democrat
it is a very different mood around the abou obama cane today than after the last debate. we have to see what the long-term impact is, but in terms of the mood, it is a far different atmosphere than it was after the first debate. >> woodruff: karen, would you add anything to that? what about the romney folks? >> i think what they wanted to do was build on the momentum they were getting out of that first debate. not to lose any of that energy. i think that governor romney just sort of...
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bush. >> well, we can debate, spend a whole hour on the debate over that, as you said at the outset, i was a strong advocate of going into iraq. i think that was the right decision then and i still believe that today. when we left iraq, when we left the government, when we left the whitehouse, iraq was in pretty good shape. we had been through a lot, it had taken longer than anticipated, a higher level of violence. without question, there were things that we had not anticipated in the run up to iraq. but what we found was that with the surge in 07 and 08, with the change in strategy moving into counterinsurgency strategy with petraeus and 08 when we left office iraq was in pretty good shape. what was needed was to continue with a stay-behind force so they'd have intelligence capabilities, training and so forth that would allow them to maintain control over their own sovereign territory. that's what did not happen obviously. we're in the state where we're now because there was no follow up. >> rose: good you give him some credit for trying. >> on the stay behind force. the history to
bush. >> well, we can debate, spend a whole hour on the debate over that, as you said at the outset, i was a strong advocate of going into iraq. i think that was the right decision then and i still believe that today. when we left iraq, when we left the government, when we left the whitehouse, iraq was in pretty good shape. we had been through a lot, it had taken longer than anticipated, a higher level of violence. without question, there were things that we had not anticipated in the run...
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what does this do for him and fox news -- pulling out of the debate? >> in the past the discussion has been who makes the main stage and the kids table debate. donald trump is turning the whole thing into a kids table debate. katty: you think people want to in anymore? >> it will be a distraction. he will have his own rally with wounded veterans on the stage. some people will be watching one thing, others another. i don't know. katty: debates are part of the american political process. conventional wisdom has it that everyone wants to be in them because that is when you can persuade the voters. does donald trump think he doesn't need the debates anymore? >> he is ahead in the polls, and he may think there's more to again with a spectacle and sucking up the oxygen, having people talk about this, then being on the stage with the other candidates were everyone will take a shot at him because this is their last chance before the iowa caucuses? there is a risk you might be perceived as backing down from a night, or he is ruled by his anger -- they provoke h
what does this do for him and fox news -- pulling out of the debate? >> in the past the discussion has been who makes the main stage and the kids table debate. donald trump is turning the whole thing into a kids table debate. katty: you think people want to in anymore? >> it will be a distraction. he will have his own rally with wounded veterans on the stage. some people will be watching one thing, others another. i don't know. katty: debates are part of the american political...
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what he wanted was a debate about these issues. >> why don't you call up ron widen and tell him it was a good speech. >> ron widen said it was-- >> and rand paul. >> rand paul had a good line. he said sounded like if you like your privacy, you can keep it. >>> issue 2, benghazi blowback. >> the intelligence was really ample. i had an opportunity to review it myself. it's the state department that's responsible for the security of our missions and embassies. >>> after a 15-month-long investigation into the september 11th, 2012 terrorist attacks in libya that killed ambassador christopher stephens and three other americans, the senate intelligence committee released a report this week that places the blame squarely on the state department. the state department should have increased its security posture more significantly in benghazi, based on the deteriorating security situation on the ground. and intelligence community threat reporting on the prior attacks against westerners in benghazi, unquote. in the months leading up to the deadly attacks there, were 20 separate attacks on westerner
what he wanted was a debate about these issues. >> why don't you call up ron widen and tell him it was a good speech. >> ron widen said it was-- >> and rand paul. >> rand paul had a good line. he said sounded like if you like your privacy, you can keep it. >>> issue 2, benghazi blowback. >> the intelligence was really ample. i had an opportunity to review it myself. it's the state department that's responsible for the security of our missions and...
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by saying she's against it now, that neutralizes it as a debate issue and it also means that he's the outliar. >> is this a more significant break from the obama administration than other past things that we've talked about on past shows, on immigration policy or on the health care so-called cadillac stacton tax? >> yeah. >> so there's a need to bring this in on tuesday? >> that's a really good question. in several other insfanses where she has done something different than the white house, it's been different by degree for the most part. she supports almost the entire affordable care act act and logs it to the end of the year but she would go against this one piece of it, about the cadillac tax. this isn't an about-face. this is a rejection of something that not only sit a huge deal for the white house it's something they worked -- she worked directlyly on and championed for them when she was secretary of state. >> how concerned is the clinton campaign worried? >> they're clearly worried and those are the two against near practicing. those are the two they think might seek a moment.
by saying she's against it now, that neutralizes it as a debate issue and it also means that he's the outliar. >> is this a more significant break from the obama administration than other past things that we've talked about on past shows, on immigration policy or on the health care so-called cadillac stacton tax? >> yeah. >> so there's a need to bring this in on tuesday? >> that's a really good question. in several other insfanses where she has done something different...
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and, you know, if he did run, he the, you know, standard bearer of the obama legacy. the only path for him. and i think that there was some frustration among him and others house that she is splitting from them in ways that for political be gain and not necessarily for orual policy changes position changes. so -- and, you know, one of the things that is lingering out there is, will he endorse her? and if so, when? mean?at would that and we'll see if that happens in weeks.ing >> joe biden has a way of quoting his relatives a lot. one of his father's quotes was has a way of intruding. sound like that was what happened to him this week. on your point of view, another stdard bearer had a pretty good week. the wisconsin was a vice, who nominee in 2012. he said he would run for speaker candidate. a unity >> i've shown my colleagues what i think success looks like, what i think it takes to unify and lead and how my family commitments come first. i have left this decision in hands. and should they agree with these requests, then i am happy and i to get to work. >> this seemed
and, you know, if he did run, he the, you know, standard bearer of the obama legacy. the only path for him. and i think that there was some frustration among him and others house that she is splitting from them in ways that for political be gain and not necessarily for orual policy changes position changes. so -- and, you know, one of the things that is lingering out there is, will he endorse her? and if so, when? mean?at would that and we'll see if that happens in weeks.ing >> joe biden...
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congressional republicans, the house debated speaker boehner's plan-b, for limited tax increases. at congressional hearings, top state department officials acknowledged major failings left the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya open to attack. and the first major storm of the season moved into the midwest, closing roads and grounding flights for thousands of holiday travelers. online, the world in 2012-- one click at a time. hari sreenivasan has the story. >> sreenivasan: this year, art beat captured the world in photos from a cape made of spider's silk in london to a 400-year-old bonfire festival in see what amazing picture was captured in your neighborhood with our interactive map. and in a new series on our health page, dr. howard markel, of the center for the history of medicine, will highlight eureka moments that have shaped modern medicine. today's post-- the world's first x-ray. all that and more is on our website newshour.pbs.org. >> suarez: and again, to our honor roll of american service personnel killed in the afghanistan conflict. we add them as their deaths are made of
congressional republicans, the house debated speaker boehner's plan-b, for limited tax increases. at congressional hearings, top state department officials acknowledged major failings left the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya open to attack. and the first major storm of the season moved into the midwest, closing roads and grounding flights for thousands of holiday travelers. online, the world in 2012-- one click at a time. hari sreenivasan has the story. >> sreenivasan: this year, art...
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debate i'm mystified by. on the one hand i think romney is a superior debate tore obama. i think we saw that in the race against newt gingrich. now newt gingrich is not the same kind of candidate as barack obama is. but when he gets the facts on his side and when he prepares which he does, and can just barrel out a bunch of facts, he can be a steamroller. and he has the potential to steamroll obama in some of these debates. >> rose: what he should be doing is lowering expectations because you're not the only person saying that. jim fall owes wrote a piece in the atlantic as you know. >> but you know, jim and i are brilliant men but not all of america is reading us frankly so i'm not sure that really-- . >> rose: or watching this either. >> so i'm not sure, i don't think america has high expectation force romney. i think if he-- . >> rose: if he wins it will be viewed as a surprise and a new look at mitt romney. >> right, i absolutely think that. and if he can make fun of obama management, his effectiveness, not ideology but make fun of the effectiveness, then that will ha
debate i'm mystified by. on the one hand i think romney is a superior debate tore obama. i think we saw that in the race against newt gingrich. now newt gingrich is not the same kind of candidate as barack obama is. but when he gets the facts on his side and when he prepares which he does, and can just barrel out a bunch of facts, he can be a steamroller. and he has the potential to steamroll obama in some of these debates. >> rose: what he should be doing is lowering expectations because...
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to say we didn't have that debate, it can't be accurate because we've changed the program. we've abandoned that program. we've said they can't do it. they adopted the army field manual. there was a dopt of justice investigation. barack obama by the way in 2008 put out an executive order that said he would never reignite that particular program at any time. i mean i don't know how much more you can do and have that public discussion. and again no one's asking well what's the consequence of releasing the report. we get that. is it worth one person coming back with a flag draped across the coffin. is it worth that to release this report and i argue it's not and i don't know how they can argue it is. >> rose: on the benghazi report, changing to another report. what were the conclusions? >> well the conclusions were you know i think some wanted complete exoneration of all players from the president all thefighting the fight in bengha, didn't do that. some wanted damnation from the president of the united states who was on the phone to the people in the benghazi. didn't do that.
to say we didn't have that debate, it can't be accurate because we've changed the program. we've abandoned that program. we've said they can't do it. they adopted the army field manual. there was a dopt of justice investigation. barack obama by the way in 2008 put out an executive order that said he would never reignite that particular program at any time. i mean i don't know how much more you can do and have that public discussion. and again no one's asking well what's the consequence of...
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good night. >> ifill: with that the second debate between president obama and former governor mitt romney is done. as the families, the wives. that's ann romney there coming up to greet her husband. of course we're going to see, i imagine, at the same time, the president making her way toward michelle obama. they're going to greet members of this town hall. we're going to bring in here with judy wood rough, of course. gwen, i think we saw a very different dent from the first presidential debate. this is the president who displayed more energy. you heard him use the word fight there. but this is a president who seemed to be fighting for the job of president for a second term. that was something that was, i think, very much in question after the debate that we saw happen in denver earlier this month. >> woodruff: david brooks, how did you see it >> if we go by winners and losers i would have to say obama won this debate. romney gave good answers. there were two really good answers that romney gave on what the last four years have been like differentiating himself from george w. bush but in
good night. >> ifill: with that the second debate between president obama and former governor mitt romney is done. as the families, the wives. that's ann romney there coming up to greet her husband. of course we're going to see, i imagine, at the same time, the president making her way toward michelle obama. they're going to greet members of this town hall. we're going to bring in here with judy wood rough, of course. gwen, i think we saw a very different dent from the first presidential...
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. >> woodruff: next, health care reform, and the latest move by president obama to deal with opposition to the law. the president announced today he supports a change allowing states to opt out of major requirements of the affordable care act at an earlier date. under the health care reform law, states can ask in 2017 to opt out of requirements to increase coverage, such as the individual mandate. that's three years after the insurance mandate takes effect. but president obama told governors today he supports a bipartisan bill in the senate to allow waivers even earlier. >> it would allow states to apply for such a waiver by 2014 instead of 2017. i think that's a reasonable proposal. i support it. it will give you flexibility more quickly while still guaranteeing the american people reform. if your state can create a plan that covers as many people as affordably and comprehensively as the affordable care act does without increasing the deficit, you can implement that plan. we'll work with you to do it. >> woodruff: but those waivers would not necessarily be graed. states would have to p
. >> woodruff: next, health care reform, and the latest move by president obama to deal with opposition to the law. the president announced today he supports a change allowing states to opt out of major requirements of the affordable care act at an earlier date. under the health care reform law, states can ask in 2017 to opt out of requirements to increase coverage, such as the individual mandate. that's three years after the insurance mandate takes effect. but president obama told...
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if you had more intelligence would you move in laterally without letting them know and barack obama said yes. thank you god for letting him answer a hypothetical and she tried to clobber him saying that was naive and this is the moment where he followed through. >> there's the problem right there with her as a politician. she's great as a humanitarian, she's great as a -- but at that moment, her political instincts to knock him as the new guy as being naive and so on, overtook her common sense which would have been well of course we would go in there and get him. >> rose: why am i wrong about this. bill clinton's got great political instincts, right. isn't he sitting there at every political decision in consultation. >> i'm sure he's in consultation until she meets the enemy and then it's her mouth, her gut and our ears. >> i agree with that. >> rose: really. push comes to should have she's on her on. >> when push comes to shove she is on her own. it can't be bill and i talked on this together and we agreed that. she is out there on her own. >> suggest said before really struck me a
if you had more intelligence would you move in laterally without letting them know and barack obama said yes. thank you god for letting him answer a hypothetical and she tried to clobber him saying that was naive and this is the moment where he followed through. >> there's the problem right there with her as a politician. she's great as a humanitarian, she's great as a -- but at that moment, her political instincts to knock him as the new guy as being naive and so on, overtook her common...
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. >> reporter: president obama's speech was intended first and foremost to address americans' concerns about surveillance and individual privacy. but it also was directed at global audiences, who have joined in the debate and criticism on the scope and targeting of u.s. surveillance. in october, the world learned the u.s. has monitored german chancellor, angela merkel's phone calls, and those of other allied leaders. today, the president banned such eavesdropping. >> the leaders of our close friends and allies deserve to know that if i want to learn what they think about an issue, i will pick up the phone and call them, rather than turning to surveillance. >> reporter: he also noted however that leaders some of the countries who've criticized american intelligence gathering, are relying on the data themselves to protect their own people. and, he did not hide his disapproval of edward snowden, the n.s.a. contractor whose leaks exposed u.s. surveillance efforts to the world. >> moreover, the sensational way in which these disclosures have come out has often shed more heat than light, whi
. >> reporter: president obama's speech was intended first and foremost to address americans' concerns about surveillance and individual privacy. but it also was directed at global audiences, who have joined in the debate and criticism on the scope and targeting of u.s. surveillance. in october, the world learned the u.s. has monitored german chancellor, angela merkel's phone calls, and those of other allied leaders. today, the president banned such eavesdropping. >> the leaders of...